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\"Sun<\/p>\n

Country Liberal Senator for the Northern Territory<\/span> Dr. Sam McMahon appears to have channelled Senator Matt Canavan in a reaction to the potential location of a massive solar and storage project- the Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL).<\/p>\n

Sun Cable is proposing to build a $20 billion 10GW solar plant across thousands of hectares in the Northern Territory along with 20-30 gigawatt hours of energy storage. Consisting of millions of solar panels deployed using Australian company 5B\u2019s Maverick system<\/a>, the facility will export a large proportion of the clean electricity it generates to Singapore via a submarine cable.<\/p>\n

Last week it was revealed preferred sites for the project are located within Newcastle Waters group of Northern Territory cattle stations.<\/p>\n

Renewables Are Dole Bludgers, Blah Blah Blah<\/h2>\n

Dr. McMahon<\/a>1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0 –\u00a0 is not amused.<\/p>\n

“Renewables are the dole bludgers of the energy mix,” said Senator McMahon<\/a>. “They are a great hoax perpetrated by the industry on the gullible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmm.. “dole bludgers of the energy mix” – that sounds familiar.<\/a> Senator McMahon doesn’t really explain this assessment or the “hoax” further. Perhaps she’s checking in with Senator Matt Canavan first for some alternative facts.<\/p>\n

Senator McMahon goes on..<\/p>\n

“Yet this Gunner Government thinks it is a great idea to take up huge tracts of productive land, build a solar farm of non-recyclable panals (sic), the size of which the world has never seen, in an area that is totally hostile to solar panel efficiency and run a 4500km extension cord to Singapore.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Senator McMahon may want to look at some satellite imagery. For example, Newcastle Waters station is huge (1 million hectares+) and Sun Cable’s AAPL would occupy around 1.2% of it. Imagery of the potential sites published on RenewEconomy<\/a> indicate they are not what you’d call prime agricultural land and even “productive” could be a bit of a stretch.<\/p>\n

On non-recyclable panels – most of a solar panel can be recycled. SQ’s Ronald has previously commented though that at this point in time, it’s just not financially worth it to recycle<\/a> some of a module’s components. But these panels will be operating for decades and a lot can change in that time. For all we know, there may be a condition or commitment that regardless of whether there is a profit to be made from it, the solar panels will be partly or fully recycled.<\/p>\n

On being a “totally hostile” area – solar farms have been successfully and profitably operating for years in various less than ideal conditions in many parts of the world – from Chile to Africa, to China, to … Australia.<\/p>\n

As for the extension cord bit, that’s a cute way to put it. A High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) submarine cable<\/a> is some serious hardware.<\/p>\n

According to Sun Cable, the AAPL will not only export approximately $2 billion of solar energy per year to Singapore,\u00a0 it will be able to supply a significant amount of renewable energy to the Territory. There’s a lot to like<\/a> about the project – and it’s certainly making people sit up and take notice of the potential of solar power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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